By Yoo Na-hyunPosted : January 30, 2026, 14:05Updated : January 30, 2026, 14:53
Actors Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik and Gong Seung-yeon pose during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29, 2026. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
SEOUL, January 30 (AJP) -In "Number One", Ha-min (Choi Woo-shik) notices something unsettling: each time he eats his mother’s cooking, an invisible number drops. When he understands that zero would mean the end of his mother, Eun-sil (Jang Hye-jin), the meals become acts of love—and resistance—against time itself.
Set for release on Feb. 11, the film draws from a tender premise by Japanese writer Uwano Sora. Adapted from the short novel There Are 328 Times Left to Eat My Mother’s Home‑Cooked Meals, the story weaves a gentle fantasy into the most familiar of rituals. At the mother’s table, minutes are measured in bites, and distance inside a family is felt in what goes unsaid.
At the event, director Kim Tae-yong appeared with the cast, including Gong Seung-yeon. For Choi, the film is a homecoming twice over: a reunion with Kim 12 years after Giant, and a return to a mother-son bond with Jang following Parasite (2019). Here, that bond is quieter—and heavier—counted not in years, but in the meals they still have left.
Actor Choi Woo-shik speaks during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Actor Jang Hye-jin speaks during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Actor Gong Seung-yeon speaks during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Director Kim Tae-yong speaks during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Actors Choi Woo-shik (right) and Jang Hye-jin answer questions during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Actor Choi Woo-shik poses during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Actor Jang Hye-jin poses during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Actor Gong Seung-yeon poses during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
Director Kim Tae-yong and cast members pose during a press screening and press conference for the film Number One at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul, Jan. 29. From left, Gong Seung-yeon, Kim Tae-yong, Jang Hye-jin and Choi Woo-shik. AJP Yoo Na-hyun
